Name: Rattle On The Tumblers
Duration: P00H04M27S
Description: Original song about being a misfit.

Rattle On The Tumblers

by Laura Gwendolyn Hill

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Original song about being a misfit.

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Rattle on the Tumblers
words and music by Laura Hill

Hey-ho and off we go
Gone to chase starlings in the far meadow
Hey-hey what do you say?
Do you want to come and join us late in the day?

Chorus
Rattle on the tumblers, Rattle on the tumblers
Rattle on the tumblers, Rattle on the …

I’m a bag of bones and I rattle around
They chase me out of every town
I’ve got a bag of gold nobody can see
So, don’t you come out late looking for me

I stop for the night in my favourite hole
Pour me a whiskey it’s good for my soul
There’s a crack in the road and a crack in the sky
The stars will sing me a lullaby Chorus

I fell fast asleep, I was out for a week
Dreaming of meadow pipits just out of reach
When I awoke my friend said to me
Did you see the preacher preaching on the TV?

We’ve got to raise the rafters, blow off the roof
Start a stampede, escape the noose
We’ve got to stay one step ahead of the game
If anyone asks never tell them your name Chorus

No Loitering, don’t walk on the grass
Down trodden apathy, lethargic brass
Thank you mister I will walk where I please
I want to feel the raindrops before I freeze

If you show me any pity I will spit in your eye
Stab me in the back and walk on by
I don’t want forgiveness for all of my sins
Give me a tonic with plenty of gin
You start some trouble and I’ll jump right in Chorus

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released June 5, 2021
Laura Hill playing: Vocals, guitar, tenor recorder, percussive frog.

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Gwendolyn Hill Sheffield, UK

Laura Gwendolyn Hill is a Sheffield based writer, musician, poet, and mother. She studied music at Centre for Young Musicians, SOAS, and Guildhall Conservatoire.

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